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Insects (including Butterflies)
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Decisions, Decisions: House-Hunting Honey Bees Work Like Complex Brains
December 8, 2011 — Researchers have found a signal, overlooked until now, that plays a role when honey bees split off from their mother colony and go scouting for a new home. Called the "stop signal," it is a very ... > full storyMore: -
Insects (including Butterflies)
Workplace Health
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Addressing Pain and Disease on the Fly: How Fruit Flies Can Teach Us About Curing Chronic Pain and Halting Mosquito-Borne Diseases
December 6, 2011 — Studies of a protein that fruit flies use to sense heat and chemicals may someday provide solutions to human pain and the control of disease-spreading mosquitoes. Researchers have discovered how ... > full story -
Inbreeding in Bed Bugs: One Key to Massive Increases in Infestations
December 6, 2011 — New research on the bed bug's ability to withstand the genetic bottleneck of inbreeding provides new clues to explain the rapidly growing problem of bed bugs across the United States and globally. ... > full story -
Scientists Rediscover Rarest U.S. Bumblebee: Cockerell's Bumblebee Was Last Seen in the United States in 1956
December 5, 2011 — A team of scientists recently rediscovered the rarest species of bumblebee in the United States, last seen in 1956, living in the White Mountains of south-central New Mexico. Known as "Cockerell's ... > full story -
Insects (including Butterflies)
Malaria
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Senses of Sophistication: Mosquitoes Detect Subtle Cues Finding Food, Spreading Diseases
December 5, 2011 — Researchers have unraveled the mystery as to how the malaria mosquito uses its sensory powers to find food and spread ... > full story -
Like Humans, the Paper Wasp Has a Special Talent for Learning Faces
December 1, 2011 — Though paper wasps have brains less than a millionth the size of humans', they have evolved specialized face-learning abilities analogous to the system used by humans, according to ... > full story -
Insects (including Butterflies)
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Aggression Prevents the Better Part of Valor ... in Fig Wasps
December 1, 2011 — Researchers have confirmed a unique behavior within the male population of tiny fig wasps that pollinate fig trees -- they team up to help pregnant females, regardless of whether they have mated ... > full story -
Insects (including Butterflies)
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Animals
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Evolutionary Biology
Pests and Parasites
Chemical Warfare of Stealthy Silverfish: Parasites Hide by Covering Themselves in Ants' Scent
November 30, 2011 — A co-evolutionary arms race exists between social insects and their parasites. Army ants share their nests with several parasites such as beetles, snails and spiders. They also share their food with ... > full story -
Using Radiation to Sterilize Insect Pests May Protect California Fruits and Vegetables
November 30, 2011 — A new study shows that radiation can be used to effectively sterilize the light brown apple moth, an invasive pest to the California wine industry, as well as fruit and vegetable ... > full story -
Honey Bee Mystery Protein Is a 'Freight Train' for Health and Lifespan
November 29, 2011 — Why are bee colonies worldwide suffering mysterious deaths? A unique study describes a single bee protein that can promote bee health and solve a major economic ... > full story
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